Shepard Fairey Offset Print: Make Art Not War Kusama Related Production: Candor Arts

Production: Candor Arts

This catalog accompanies the ICA's exhibition Liz Deschenes

Sharon Horvath

knots in wood

Shepard Fairey Offset Print: Make Art Not War Kusama Related Production: Candor ArtsThis print, created during the Iraq war, is an alternative phrase inspired by popular 1960s anti war mantra, Make love, not war. In this case, Fairey asserts the need for creative rather than destructive acts. The Art Nouveau style of the image is an additional reference to the influence of Art Nouveau on hippie and psychedelic art of the 60s, including many anti Vietnam war posters. Encased within a floral garland, the female figure appears more self